The forced ‘re-education’ of the Uyghur minority, Xinjiang’s predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group, amounts to cultural genocide and the attempted brainwashing of vulnerable people group. Similar policies have been but into force previously by the Chinese government, as can be seen in Tibet where cultural assimilation has lead to the large scale disappearance of elements of Tibetan culture. These muslim detention centres in Xinjiang are however more direct and currently house a estimated 1 million detainees, violating their human rights in the name of national security.